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On 25th June 2016, a number of camera clubs from across South Wales came together to celebrate Llanelli Photographic Society’s 125th Anniversary. LPS’ annual Sosban Trophy usually involves six clubs but for 2016 only the competition was opened up to sixteen clubs and a special one off trophy was put up as the prize. A […]

On 25th June Wales will be playing either Northern Ireland or Turkey in the first knockout stage of Euro 2016. However before the big match there’s another huge event taking place. The Selwyn Samuel Centre, Llanelli, will be hosting a special one off version of Llanelli Photographic Society’s Sosban Trophy competition to celebrate the club’s […]

Our annual AV competition gives members the chance to show off more images by putting together a slideshow of photographs accompanied with a musical soundtrack. It also allows members to show a bit of creativity and humour with their photography. This year there were a number of strong entries however the stand out entry was […]

On 25th June, LPS will be holding a special one off competition to celebrate 125 Years of Llanelli Photographic Society. Sixteen clubs will be taking part in the competition which is being held at The Selwyn Samuel Centre. Doors will be open from 12.30pm with the competition starting at 1.30pm. We will be holding a […]

The Ken Jones Trophy is one of the most hotly contested competitions during the LPS season. It’s our only mono competition and it’s also the one where the winner gets to keep an amazing glass trophy – provided by club patron Mark Mathias. Sadly Mark was unable to join us for the competition this year. […]

Back in March, LPS held it’s annual Dave Roberts Memorial Trophy competition. This competition is in memory of Dave and is always on the ‘nautical’ theme. For 2016 we welcomed Mike Clatworthy to LPS as our guest judge. The competition attracted a number of entries including images of Burry Port, San Francisco and even a […]

Our second DPI competition of 2016 was held back in April on the theme ‘Under The Weather’. The competition attracted numerous entries featuring weather but there were also one or two on who chose to utilise the illness meaning of the phrase. As with all our digital competitions, the top six is chosen based on […]

Llanelli Photographic Society’s second print competition of 2016 was held on the 27th April. Brian Coleman was the invited judge for this particular competition. As usual Brian gave a thorough and entertaining critique but there could only be one winner – and Arthur came out on top with his image ‘Caribbean Beauty’. The full top […]

In March, LPS held their annual 5 Panel DPI competition. This popular competition requires members to put together 5 images on a theme – with the images working together as a panel. It’s not as straightforward as it sounds and each year there’s a debate about DPI 5 panel format versus Print 5 panel format. […]

The acceptance list for the 2016 Welsh Salon has been released and Llanelli Photographic Society will be represented with both prints and DPIs from six members of the club. Images will be shown along with other selected images in an exhibition later in the year. Print Acceptances Anciano Cubano – Arthur Mallett Girl With Donkeys […]